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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 418 Session of 1981


                     Report of the Committee of Conference

        To the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate:

           We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
        the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of
        considering House Bill No. 418, entitled:
        "An act amending the act of May 31, 1933 (P.L.1135, No.280),
        entitled 'An act relating to the collection of delinquent county
        taxes in counties of the second class; repealing all acts or
        parts of acts, general, local or special, inconsistent
        herewith,' further providing for the rate of interest on
        delinquent taxes,"


        respectfully submit the following bill as our report:

                                           A. CARVILLE FOSTER, JR.

                                           GEORGE F. POTT, JR.

                                           FRANK J. PISTELLA

                (Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)

                                           J. DOYLE CORMAN, JR.

                                           D. MICHAEL FISHER

                                           EDWARD M. EARLY

                                  (Committee on the part of the Senate.)



                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of May 31, 1933 (P.L.1135, No.280), entitled
     2     "An act relating to the collection of delinquent county taxes
     3     in counties of the second class; repealing all acts or parts
     4     of acts, general, local or special, inconsistent herewith,"
     5     further providing for the rate of interest on delinquent
     6     taxes.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Section 1, act of May 31, 1933 (P.L.1135,
    10  No.280), entitled "An act relating to the collection of
    11  delinquent county taxes in counties of the second class;
    12  repealing all acts or parts of acts, general, local or special,
    13  inconsistent herewith," is amended to read:
    14     Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That in counties of the
    15  second class, all county taxes after the same become delinquent,
    16  as now provided by law, shall bear interest from the time said
    17  taxes become delinquent at [the] a rate [of six] determined by
    18  the county commissioners not to exceed twelve per centum per
    19  annum until paid, and it shall be the duty of the collector of
    20  delinquent taxes to collect such interest in addition to the tax
    21  and pay the same into the county treasury.
    22     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.






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